Japan Sales- Switch Year 1 vs 3DS and Wii U

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maxleresistant on 29 March 2017

finally the truth...

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Slarvax on 29 March 2017

You guys need to see the potential of the Switch in Japan. It's a system that can and will get Animal Crossing, Monster Hunter, Splatoon, Pokemon, Dragon Quest, Yokai Watch, and Mario + spinoffs.

The only things I see stopping it from outselling the 3DS + Wii U are the ever shrinking Japanese market for dedicated systems, the PS4 already having some pretty good momentum (so devs will feel more comfortable developing for that console), and that its apparently more expensive to develop for it (not very sure about that one, but we've already seen a bunch of indie games getting higher prices on the Switch than any other system).

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0D0 on 29 March 2017

Soundwave said:

I've always said it's silly to combine Nintendo console + handheld and think of it as a distinct userbase.

Probably upwards of 70% of Wii U owners owned a 3DS too as they were the core Nintendo fans mainly. So you can't just add the two groups and treat them like a distinct audience. It's really more like 3DS owners + maybe another 5-6 million from the Wii U and that's it.

And selling as much as the 3DS in Japan ... if you gave Nintendo that option, they'd take it and run. 3DS outsold PS2, Wii (easily) , Famicom, Super Famicom, in Japan.

Matching 3DS will be tough in Japan because Japan has become increasingly smartphone/tablet centric the last couple of years (I think it was the no.1 consumer of smartphone games a year or two ago). So if Switch can keep pace with the 3DS in Japan over the long haul, Nintendo I imagine would be very happy with that given that Switch is entering a tougher market than 3DS did in early 2011 (smartphone games weren't as prevalent then).

You're right, but, even though the user base intersects, when the same person buys both systems, Nintendo gets two sales.

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Mnementh on 04 April 2017

This upswing in numbers in week 4 is kinda strange. What happened? Was it supply-constrained in week 2 and 3 and in week four a new shipment arrived?

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zorg1000 on 04 April 2017

Mnementh said:
This upswing in numbers in week 4 is kinda strange. What happened? Was it supply-constrained in week 2 and 3 and in week four a new shipment arrived?

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